Storing a battery ................................................................................................................

28

Disposing of a used battery ...............................................................................................

28

Replacing the battery .........................................................................................................

28

Using external AC power ....................................................................................................................

29

Testing an AC adapter .......................................................................................................

30

5 External cards and devices ..........................................................................................................................

31

Using Digital Media Slot cards (select models only) ..........................................................................

31

Inserting a digital card ........................................................................................................

31

Removing a digital card .....................................................................................................

32

Using PC Cards (select models only) .................................................................................................

32

Configuring a PC Card .......................................................................................................

33

Inserting a PC Card ...........................................................................................................

33

Removing a PC Card .........................................................................................................

34

Using ExpressCards (select models only) ..........................................................................................

35

Configuring an ExpressCard ..............................................................................................

35

Inserting an ExpressCard ..................................................................................................

36

Removing an ExpressCard ................................................................................................

37

Using smart cards (select models only) .............................................................................................

37

Inserting a smart card ........................................................................................................

38

Removing a smart card ......................................................................................................

38

Using a USB device ...........................................................................................................................

38

Connecting a USB device ..................................................................................................

38

Removing a USB device ....................................................................................................

39

Using 1394 devices (select models only) ...........................................................................................

39

Connecting a 1394 device .................................................................................................

40

Removing a 1394 device ...................................................................................................

40

Using an eSATA device (select models only) ....................................................................................

40

Connecting an eSATA device ............................................................................................

41

Removing an eSATA device ..............................................................................................

41

Using optional external devices ..........................................................................................................

42

Using optional external drives ............................................................................................

42

Using the expansion port (select models only) ..................................................................

42

Using the docking connector (select models only) ............................................................

43

6 Drives .............................................................................................................................................................

44

Handling drives ...................................................................................................................................

44

Using hard drives ...............................................................................................................................

45

Improving hard drive performance .....................................................................................

45

Using Disk Defragmenter ..................................................................................

45

Using Disk Cleanup ...........................................................................................

45

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